Glossary

Metropolis

A very large and densely populated industrial and commercial city.

Migrant

a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions

Missouri Compromise

federal law that balanced the desires of the northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery with the southern states desire to expand slavery.

Missouri Compromise

Federal law that balanced the desires of the northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery with the southern states’ desire to expand slavery.

Moot Courts

A mock court at which law students argue cases for practice.

Munitions

Military weapons, ammunition, and other supplies.

NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1909 by an interracial group of people, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Mary White Ovington, and others. The NAACP’s work has had a significant impact on the lives of African Americans and other minorities in the United States and around the world.

Nationalism

Support for one’s own nation often at the exclusion of others.

Nativism

a policy of protecting the interest of native-born or established inhabitants over those of immigrants

Naturalized

admitted to the citizenship of a country